Section 11-703 - Refusing to aid vessel in distress.
§ 11-703. Refusing to aid vessel in distress.
After receiving notice, a licensed pilot may not refuse to aid a vessel that is in distress:
(1) within 18 nautical miles south of Cape Henry;
(2) within 18 nautical miles east of Cape Henry;
(3) in the Chesapeake Bay; or
(4) in ports of Maryland.
[An. Code 1957, art. 74, § 12; 1989, ch. 3, § 1; ch. 632, § 3; 2004, ch. 520, § 2.]